The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 12, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
2:42 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1664
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 58.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.75° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / -3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.73° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.